History
Essential books illuminating key periods of history, from the Romans to the Tudors to World War 1. Delve into the history of England with Peter Ackroyd, explore Britain’s forgotten multicultural past with David Olusoga, or uncover the violent rise of early Christianity with Catherine Nixey.
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Margaret George’s favourite stories of the Roman Empire.
Lotharingia
Simon Winder
The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective
Susannah Stapleton
Germania
Simon Winder
Danubia
Simon Winder
The Book of Tea
Okakura Kakuzo
Sayuri Romei
Nature's Mutiny
Philipp Blom
War Doctor
David Nott
Dominion
Peter Ackroyd
The Skripal Files
Mark Urban
Handel in London
Jane Glover
Her Father's Daughter
Beezy Marsh
The World in Thirty-Eight Chapters or Dr Johnson’s Guide to Life
Henry Hitchings
Mrs Gaskell and Me
Nell Stevens
A Daughter's Choice
Margaret Ford
The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram
David M. Guss
Carrying the Fire
Michael Collins
Milk of Paradise
Lucy Inglis
A World on Edge
Daniel Schönpflug
A Higher Loyalty
James Comey
King of Spies
Blaine Harden
No Way Out
Adam Jowett
Operation Chaos
Matthew Sweet
The Debatable Land
Graham Robb
Wolves of Rome
Valerio Massimo Manfredi
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Steve Brusatte
Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
Love Letters of Great Men
Ursula Doyle
The End of the Cold War
Robert Service
Promise Me, Dad
Joe Biden
Christmas
Judith Flanders
Gladstone
Roy Jenkins
All My Mother's Secrets
Beezy Marsh
Rising '44
Norman Davies
Dare Not Linger
Nelson Mandela
Mandla Langa
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times
Michael Burleigh
To War with Whitaker
Hermione Ranfurly
The Trial of Adolf Hitler
David King
The Darkening Age
Catherine Nixey
The Lost Pilots
Corey Mead
Kosovo: a Short History
Noel Malcolm